Tethys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bourne shell. It may not be the most expressive language out there, > or even necessarily the best language for the job. But it's a) > guaranteed to be everywhere that nmh is run[1], and b) it's probably > the most widely used to wrap existing mh commands, and so is a > natural fit for testing.
Agreed. To note, autotest is designed for generating Bourne shell scripts, just as autoconfig is. > [1] Actually, is this true? Does OS X have a bourne shell? I know > it's got a csh. Even if it doesn't, I'd still say /bin/sh is the > right language to use for tests. OS X 10.3 switched the default shell from tcsh to BASH. BASH can be told to operate in POSIX 1003.2 mode with "--posix", so yes, Mac OS X has Borne shell. -- Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.wookimus.net/ assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */ _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
